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Facebook Has Lost About $35 Billion In Value Since IPO As Shares Dip Below $29
http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/29…
- utopian0
Here is how an IPO works.
1. Have the largest and most powerful banks in the world underwrite IPO.
2. Hype-up and over-inflate the true value of company.
3. Share confidential information about the IPO with a select few of elite bankers just before the stock goes public (aka) insider information.
4. days, hours and or minutes before IPO goes public, concealed a weakened growth forecast prior to the high-profile IPO.
5. Begin Short Hedge: bet against and hedge against potential losses in an investment that is held long, offset by losses in the derivatives position, and vice versa.
6. Make millions and billions of dollars, then dump the super inflated stock to the bottom feeding working class citizens trying to get a sliver of the American Pie.
7. Watch stock go into tank, buy an island or two
8. Laugh at the regulators and inept regulations, in a fraudulent deregulated financial system
9. Make millions and billions in bonuses and incentives
10. Repeat Steps 1-9
- CanHasQBN0
Does this mean that my Facebook page is worth nothing?
- utopian0
Definition of 'Short Hedge'
An investment strategy that is focused on mitigating a risk that has already been taken. The "short" portion of the term refers to the act of shorting a security, usually a derivatives contract, that hedges against potential losses in an investment that is held long.If a short hedge is executed well, gains from the long position will be offset by losses in the derivatives position, and vice versa.
Investopedia explains 'Short Hedge'
A common risk in short hedging is basis risk, or the risk that price levels will not change much over the period the hedge is in place; in this scenario, the asset held in the long position would not gain any value, and the short hedge would lose value.Short hedging is often seen in the agriculture business, as producers are often willing to pay a small premium to lock in a preferred rate of sale in the future. Also, short hedges involving interest rates are common among institutional money managers that hold large amounts of fixed income securities and are concerned about reinvestment risk in the future.
- 20020
The sell off is due to average joe hoping to get quick buck getting worried and selling out.
- 20020
Relax non-investors, its only been trading for about a week and few days.
Google IPO
1st week - $108
2nd week - $106
3rd week - $100Priceline IPO
1st week - $483
2nd week - $444
3rd week - $488
4th week - $528
5th week - $974Amazon IPO
1st week - $1.72
2nd week - $1.49
4th week - $1.65Laughable
- monNom0
They figure this company is worth $100B? with an annual profit of 1B?
(contrast that with Google, that is valued at $180B and pulls down ~$12B/yr)no thanks.
- clearThoughts0
If you are on Twitter and Tumblr... Facebook becomes irrelevant.
You can post cool shit on Tumblr and say 'smart' things on Twitter.
The biggest thing about Facebook though, which is portrayed in the film pretty well, is it very much of a dating site after all.
- I've never known anyone who used Facebook as a dating site.i_monk
- Creepy people do.animatedgif
- 20020
Don't forget to add that your 401k is made and held by the elites with insider info
- is it true Bloomberg records your keystrokes if you work there?monospaced
- I dont know, do they?2002
- beautiful0
900 million active users.
- qoob0
- people don't even try anymore.albums
- I agree, that sucks. Could have made it look more dimensional very easilyJosev
- it could also be a little more accurate... Facebook isn't going to die because of thismonospaced
- utopian0
- Flatlining again®utopian
- lol, it's only 5 minutes in!monospaced
- What do you mean?
It has been almost a
year already!!!
- DOAutopian - I meant for the day. lolmonospaced
- is this, like, your only stock?monospaced
- no, but there almost penny stocks by now.utopian
- omg0
doesn't it seem overvalued at $1 billion? that's like $100 per person.
- utopian0
Wall Street is predicting that Facebook's stock price will below the $20- per share by summer ends. Facebook will continue it's slow downward death spiral.